the the. the. day's news of the week's top stories egypt's new constitution enshrining islamic law looks set to pass tonight as most voters seemingly back the draft in a referendum preceded by weeks of protests we've got the latest for you also. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun the gun lobby logic that's incensed millions of americans calling for tougher controls now as the country pays its final trip to the inference of the teachers killed in last week's shooting massacre. i for i moved

a step closer to banning americans from adopting russian children in response to washington stopping sanctions on russian officials. and wiki leaks prepares to mute revelations promises more than a million secret files will leave no government around the world untouched. live from the arctic new center in a wide screen wall welcome to round up of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin. first of gyptian survive this say in the historic vote on the new constitution this weekend that's revealed deep divisions within the country and sparked a violent protests the majority appear to have said yes to that islamist draft document but the opposition claims the referendum was riddled with fraud and

they're demanding an inquiry is caro based journalist bel true first. the preliminary results are in for egypt's contentious constitutional referendum egypt appears to voted for the constitution sixty four percent say yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass dissent in the streets across the country with a cast three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say only in force a presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments they went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates who with large muslim brotherhood supports places their opposition forces for their part say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen

a number of instances a possible vote rigging including missing judges unsupervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuff the ballot boxes and also campaigning by the mr brotherhood groups also ultra ultra conservative salafist groups with in the polling stations telling people to vote yes the biggest news of the day however is the resignation of the vice president mohamed mackey this is largely seen to be perhaps because in the draft constitution as it currently stands there is no post for the vice president this comes in the background of deepening violence across the country on friday we saw clashes between rival protest groups islamist rallies in egypt second city and alexandria in support of the constitution there was rock throwing and also burning of cars the police had to intervene with tear gas that comes just one week after similar clashes and xandra and of course three weeks

after very bloody scenes here in the capital cairo we saw ten people die when robert. says streets and fog outside the presidential palace with a deepening political crisis in one to cite backing down now the constitution is likely to be put in place we can only expect dissent on the street and possible violence across the country. earlier i got reaction to the freedom really referendum results from egypt's opposition asked me to hurry for my eldest or a party headed by mohamed el baradei told me that allegations of vote rigging must be investigated this constitution and this around is a disgrace to a nation that far hard for its freedom and for its rights it's a document that strips result of all the rights that we have to try to constitute a dictatorship and it has been taught by referendum that was a massive massive rigging for the ballot boxes massive rigging for the voice of the

people physically see tens and hundreds of schools tens and hundreds of schools where the ballot boxes and the referendum process was taking place at a convenient time when when the voices were very all the full saw that the people were voting no the power was cut off the most about the night if movie. judges and employees and that's called shut down the school over. in the front of the voters and the state with the ballot boxes not overseas for hours and hours we do not recognise any results unless we see a proper investigation and a proper digging through the evidence that we've put and we'll receive a proper answer from the high committee of the election. well egypt is one of the countries a gopher caused by the arab spring where many have been left and happy about how their revolution panned out later the report of a man of the women across the arab world who fired up entire nations during the uprisings and now say they've been left to die there.

has been a heartbreaking week your farewells in newtown connecticut twenty children and six adults have been laid to rest after one of the worst mass shootings in american history the massacre reignited fierce debate on gun laws which critics say make it too easy for the public to access military grade weapons here's what is going to teach you can know whether america is ready to change its treasured second amendment. a week after the tragedy at the elementary school in newtown president obama made the same pledge when he became president four years ago to try and get assault weapons off the streets of the us it's a pleasure he has failed to deliver on this is not the first issue the first incident going over for you. but the administration indicates this time it's different this time they're serious commitment and compromise. most of all it will take coach shooting this bullet it's a huge school and it's an important part of our hearing the debate taking place at

the moment suggests a national consensus on the issue is far down the line and the dialogue between those who support and those who oppose such a ban comes down to this with guns comes safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys if you not believe the stupid man on the powerful special interest group in washington the national rifle association has successfully fought any form of gun control legislation for years and the solution they offer to the epidemic of gun violence that has plagued the us is more guns. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun constitutional lawyer roger pilon things along the same lines and suggest arming teachers to prevent massacre was like the one in newtown connecticut you're always going to have people who are going to be doing these kinds of evil deeds

what you need to do is protect yourself against the weapons in schools and you go to a movie theater you have to carry a gun because there will be there maybe someone with a semiautomatic you know wiping out the entire theater as we have seen is that what you're suggesting. why do you put it provocatively like that what i'm suggesting people movie theater yes because the police cannot be everywhere there are almost three hundred million privately owned firearms in the u.s. around ten thousand americans die in gun violence every year the gun murder rate in the u.s. is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest and most populous nations combined. we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and more guns are actually the solution to deterring shootings of any trial and it would have

this problem in the first place the gun adam lanza used to kill twenty young children and six adults of the sandy hook elementary school was an a r fifteen semiautomatic rifle it's a military style rifle that can shoot hundreds of rounds at a record speed it belongs to adams mother who he also murdered nancy lanza a teacher at the same elementary school owned six guns numerous types of assault weapons are readily available for purchase in the u.s. at gun stores at gun shows and online after the newtown tragedy many americans are calling for change again. make it inherently make it worth something we could meet . because you can't create change previous meaningful attempts to change a wall and that wall is the second amendment of the constitution the right of the people to bear arms skeptics say the most gratian can do is require background checks at gun shows but again adam lanza's mother

a teacher at an elementary school would have probably passed any of those checks and her military style rifle would have ended up in the hands of her son anyway that constitutional lawyer i spoke to seemed very certain that nothing major is going to change when it comes to. america does that mean more massacres like the tragedy in newtown in washington i'm going to. be telling us how you feel about this big story altie dot com is a place where you can tell us what you think should be done to reduce the number of gun deaths in the u.s. this is what you're telling us is take a look at it in the graph thirty five percent of you say the media should be hidden from massacres you say it makes it worse that was makes the headlines does that sort of slightly fewer say nothing can be done while the second amendment is in place by the fifth of respondents the. new gun laws restrictions ten percent of you proposing increasing security in public places.

said to be a nervous new year for governments all around the world as wiki leaks promises to publish more than a million secret files over the next twelve months releasing information it claims will affect every single country in the world the pledge came from the whistleblower web site's founder julian assange actually delivered a christmas address to supporters who gathered outside the room to see a member of the see his speech mark six months since the songs went in to seek political asylum and avoid extradition when ever since facing arrest if he steps outside in the wake of quote a christian have from some from wiki leaks seen says assad his predicament won't stop the site from its drive for truth and transparency. what we know about the

ongoing. investigation and the secret grand jury you know sundry in virginia there is. an ongoing attempt to find an angle to bring charges against julian and possibly all those working for we do so as a very serious matter of course very shameful for the obama administration not to stop that for the man who was right even taken four years ago to increase transparency and what we have seen is. the opposite which comes against whistleblowers. that has long history will continue at work as we have done despite the difficult situation that you has been in the ecuador embassy you know for six months but probably it was the house arrest that hasn't stopped us we have continued to work. the economic blockade has not stopped us either even though we are getting into what are your situation financially but that's a battle that we have decided. all out war and i'm sure we'll have

a victory there as well in the new year. when you're coming away this hour after a quick break. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the suckling island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit is now the speech u.s. place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. really has been exploring the deaths on the world seas for several decades but it's

here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . me the most the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali but mine are on tops my list while some go to the cycling region to enjoy the sights others convert the islands nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar almost a necessary attribute of any feast in russia the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. and to a large extent this is old to do what succulent offers environmentally they do not shop operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights

and delicious seafood succulent can offer a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination. wealthy british style. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our.

little beasts which brighten if you move out song from funniest impressions. whose phone starts on t.v. dot com. ok in the series a tit for tat move to moscow in washington this last week there are strictures to stop americans adopting russian children reproved by russia's lower house of parliament which then saw the white house in washington and public pressure to consider sanctions on russian lawmakers the past of moscow which also splits public opinion is part of why the legislation would need to target those who abuse the rights of russians and. by washington imposing

a travel and financial restrictions on russian officials suspected of involvement in the death of magnitsky he died in custody during a massive tax fraud investigation three years ago president putin though says the u.s. should look at its own record before criticizing others for human rights violations . our us partners and their lawmakers say they're concerned about human rights in our prisons and that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to the prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry if it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has

anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have in no way provoked such action. i mean was to present putin's comments came during his first major news conference since returning to the kremlin we want you to watch those highlights of his q. and a session coming up again here on r.t. in a couple as time tonight. two years ago this week the arab spring merged into an easier before you could have predicted where it would lead including those who headed the uprising is a really good reports now on both left behind by the revolution. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken french vendor set himself on fire in an act of desperation some say he was a hero others say he was a drunkard with a history of psychological problems whatever more hollow was this is real

motivation was his act of self-immolation sort of a string of events which became known as the arab spring decades old regimes were toppled what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions they wanted freedom of speech and free elections bred on their tables and jobs what they got seems to be a very different result situationist war strife comparison to try. and comparison to the years before. the revolution personally i don't feel safe. when we see. all the violence of the police. or of the small. if unpoliced ok by some nationalist people. there are less freedoms right now when it comes to and there were freedoms there

are attacks on individual freedoms every day i received so many messages from girls saying but they were. straight even by police men. who didn't tolerate their or their way off but the rest think this used to be a common pattern in the countries that i showed the so-called arab spring just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regimes to new democratic forms of government seem to have altered rising islamism economies in shambles and increasing discontent the pattern is the same in tunisia and egypt where people are pouring out on the streets again with a renewed. sest i think a lot of people did vote for the muslim brotherhood in egypt because they wanted economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak and having morsi and morsi we know he's obviously you know very different political figure to mubarak in terms of psychology and carried on much the same policies in terms of economic policy in

libya the uprising took a bloody turn moammar gadhafi who ruled the country for over forty years was deposed and killed in two thousand and eleven and he merely being a government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as besieging the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to diehard khadafi supporters the are using heavy machinery to demolish these demolished houses that can't be using now. guys again it's just a feeling people children and now i'm glad they're really sickening we would not humanity of the wanted to please help us save our family. i got this time to make libya now the quirk of a place where no one can stop them and they have unlimited money and weapons the western leaders were quick to praise changes across the middle east they said it

was the beginning of a new democratic era for the region but the model of democracy they may have had in mind doesn't seem to be the right fit i think it has to be a different type of a democratic system. the democracy that the u.s. would like to impose upon egypt tunisia and morocco and the other countries throughout the region and even libya where what was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people inside of that region in tunisia in an r.t. . international news in brief starting with amateur video that submerged in the immediate aftermath of an airstrike in syria and it struck in a crowd in the central province reported leaving dozens dead but activists say many more of died in that the attack was carried out by government forces the strike came as the main international envoy began peace talks in damascus aimed at ending the drawn out civil conflict has now claimed around forty thousand lives. a wave of

anti rape protests is now seen hundreds clashed with police in the capital in defiance of a protest ban which followed the gang rape of a student on a bus in india police used tear gas and water cannon when demonstrators tried to bridge barricades in the central new delhi i mean time in the north of the country security forces shot dead a journalist covering a protest over a sex attack on an actress. crenshaw range of christmas for many people it was supposed to be the getaway weekends that many stranded as flood ravaged parts of southwest england cutting off communities and cancelled trains for the holidays it's not over yet either forecasters predict get more heavy rain while more than five hundred floodlights mornings have been issued nationwide. in a couple minutes we want you to meet the prophets of the apocalypse for doomsday means payday.

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one afternoon on the shores of the ocean blue. one of those days when it feels good to be alive on the planet earth. carefree humanity. maybe unthinking humanity even. a few kilometers away a man has given us an appointment on a mountain summit. a place in keeping with what anatole calls his work.

he's been devoting all his time and energy to it for the last six years now. this former computer expert even quit his job to get ready for it for the end of the world. and the work i do will take me out of body i will ask to meet those superior beings who hold the keys for humanity already clear that he may need to talk to them. to see what can be done for two thousand and twelve ordinals. by telepathic trip to get him into contact with mysterious superior beings beings who have announced to him the destruction of the planet on december the twenty first two thousand and twelve very precisely. it will be by fire volcanoes

earthquakes and most importantly of course by water floods of comedy as the plates for shift this rise and lower the ocean bottom will lift and what will appear is atlantis when atlantis rises out of the waters that there will be when the world ends she office two thousand and twelve is a giant plan for i could use a mean word but purifying for me that's what it is. purifying water conscience if you're good or not and it's a rite of passage and not all is convinced that he will be among the survivors jesus himself told him by telepathy in the new era he's even going to change his name he will be called and told ma i think integrating christ takes more than just five minutes i mean if over and have to know how to build your individual. to be able to say frankly to someone so i'm untold mark but in fact that's the hidden we have seen.